James Gnomey: Hours after IG report released, Comey posts odd photo

Former FBI director James Comey posts a picture on Instagram of himself with a gnome.

Former FBI Director James Comey is apparently trying to put the report from the Justice Department’s watchdog behind him, posting a somewhat odd photo to social media amid the political frenzy.

Comey, whose actions in the Hillary Clinton email investigation were deemed “insubordinate” in Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s Thursday report, took to Instagram later in the day and posted a picture of himself standing next to a massive gnome.

Comey's decisions had a fateful impact on the 2016 campaign; Catherine Herridge reports from the Justice Department.

Among the topics investigated in the IG’s report was whether it was improper for Comey to issue a public announcement recommending against prosecution over the Clinton email arrangement, while calling her actions “extremely careless.”

"We found that it was extraordinary and insubordinate for Comey to conceal his intentions from his superiors, the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, for the admitted purpose of preventing them from telling him not to make the statement, and to instruct his subordinates in the FBI to do the same," the report said.

It was also revealed in the report that Comey had a personal email account that was used to “conduct unclassified FBI business.”